Day in photos: Feb. 8, 2013

Mary Ann Bova is not amused by the slippery snow-covered streets of Buffalo, N.Y., as a blizzard batters the Northeast.

AP

A relative of a missing passenger cries out in mourning after a ferry sank on the Meghna river, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. The ferry, carrying more than 50 people, sank after colliding with a sand barge.

Reuters

Beukendaal firefighters make their way up along the scene of a derailed train in West Glenville, N.Y.

AP

A worker puts the final touches on the face of the King of Carnival float during preparations for the carnival parade in Nice, France.

Reiters

A Tunisian woman walks past through a street lined with burning cars as Tunisians clash with police during the funeral of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid, near Tunis.

AP

Models joke around backstage at the Katie Gallagher presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Standard Hotel in New York City.

WireImage

Protesters run as tear gas canisters — fired by Israeli security forces — fall on a hillside in Nabi Saleh, West Bank during clashes there.

Reuters

A stuntman jumps flips out on his snow scooter ahead of the first stage of the Rally Sweden in Karlstad.

AFP/Getty Images

Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Mass., reaches into depleted refridgerators at a supermarket in Somerville as the Boston area braces for an expected two feet of snow.

AP

Firefighters battle a blaze at a factory after shelling — reportedly by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad — in Aleppo, Syria.

Reuters

A pair of horses are hoisted from a cargo ship onto a truck upon arrival at a port in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

AP

Egyptian protesters set off fireworks outside the walls of the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo.